fix: Trust V2V_inPlace for copy instead of probing PVC content

[yaacov]

NFS and other filesystem PVCs often expose a pre-sized disk.img that looked populated to size-based empty checks, so copy mode failed before kc-copy ran. Gate copy vs in-place solely on V2V_inPlace and write to all discovered targets when copy is enabled.

Fixes #40

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation

  • Updated V2V and copy-flow documentation to clarify that copy mode is controlled by V2V_inPlace.
  • Clarified that copying targets all discovered PVCs, including those with existing content, and may overwrite them.
  • Updated validation and source-count guidance to reference discovered PVC targets.

• Behavior Changes

  • Copy operations now use all discovered PVC targets without filtering for empty content.
  • In-place conversion no longer depends on whether PVCs are blank or pre-filled.

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Walkthrough

The change removes PVC content checks from copy-mode validation and target selection. Copy operations now use all discovered PVC targets and overwrite existing content. Source-count validation, tests, and documentation now reflect discovered-target behavior.

Changes

PVC target copy behavior

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Discover and copy all targets pkg/copy/target.go, pkg/copy/copy.go, pkg/copy/copy_test.go, pkg/copy/README.md, docs/apps/kc-copy.md	The copy path uses all discovered PVC targets. Empty-target detection and related APIs are removed. Tests validate discovery across block and filesystem targets.
Validate copy mode and source counts pkg/v2v/env/copy.go, pkg/v2v/env/copy_test.go, pkg/v2v/env/README.md	Validation no longer checks PVC content. It checks target discovery, vSphere settings, and matching source and target counts. Tests allow both blank and pre-sized targets.
Document updated copy semantics build/kc-v2v/README.md, docs/apps/README.md, docs/apps/kc-v2v.md	Documentation states that V2V_inPlace controls copying, and NFC copy overwrites all discovered PVC targets.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7031f

Copy mode now overwrites discovered PVC targets, including reused block devices. Stale bytes may remain where the source contains skipped zero regions, producing an incorrect migrated disk; documentation also retains blank-PVC requirements that can mislead configuration. Resolve the data-integrity issue before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant kc-v2v
  participant ValidateCopyMode
  participant DiscoverTargets
  participant Run
  participant PVC targets
  kc-v2v->>ValidateCopyMode: validate copy mode
  ValidateCopyMode->>DiscoverTargets: discover PVC targets
  DiscoverTargets-->>ValidateCopyMode: all discovered targets
  kc-v2v->>Run: copy source disks
  Run->>PVC targets: overwrite discovered targets

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 31.58% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 19 functions across 4 files. (6 skipped: …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly states the primary change: copy behavior now trusts V2V_inPlace instead of probing PVC content.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes address issue #40 by removing PVC content checks, validating all discovered targets, and allowing copy mode for pre-sized NFS and other file-based PVCs when V2V_inPlace=0.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The code, tests, and documentation changes are directly related to the copy-mode validation and target-selection behavior described in issue #40. No unrelated changes are evident.

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Docstring coverage is 31.58% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 19 functions across 4 files. (6 skipped: 6 unsupported.)

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build/kc-v2v/README.md (1)

212-212: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove stale blank-PVC requirements.

Copy mode now writes to all discovered PVC targets. These statements still imply that NFC copy requires blank PVCs. This can cause users to select V2V_inPlace=1 unnecessarily.

• build/kc-v2v/README.md#L212-L212: Replace “blank PVCs” with wording that allows all discovered PVC targets.
• build/kc-v2v/README.md#L317-L317: Remove the blank-PVC restriction from the supported NFC copy description.

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In `@build/kc-v2v/README.md` at line 212, Update build/kc-v2v/README.md lines
212-212 to describe conversion pods as supporting all discovered PVC targets
instead of requiring blank PVCs, and update lines 317-317 to remove the
blank-PVC restriction from the supported NFC copy description.

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Inline comments:
In `@pkg/copy/copy.go`:
- Line 90: Update CopyDisk in pkg/copy/copy.go (lines 90-90) so reused block
targets have each source zero region cleared or discarded before StreamToRaw
writes compressed grains; add a regression test covering stale nonzero target
bytes and zero source ranges. In pkg/copy/README.md (lines 14-15), retain the
overwrite statement only if the regression test passes.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@build/kc-v2v/README.md`:
- Line 212: Update build/kc-v2v/README.md lines 212-212 to describe conversion
pods as supporting all discovered PVC targets instead of requiring blank PVCs,
and update lines 317-317 to remove the blank-PVC restriction from the supported
NFC copy description.

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